Quantitative indicators: Eleven of the Index’s 24 indicators are based on quantitative data—for
example, life expectancy and healthcare spending as % of GDP.

Qualitative indicators: Ten of the indicators are qualitative assessments of countries’ end-of-life care
standards, for example “Public awareness of end-of-life care”, which is assessed on a scale of 1-5 where
1=little or no awareness and 5=high awareness.

Status indicators: Three of the indicators describe whether something is or is not the case, for example,
“Existence of a government-led national palliative care strategy”, for which the available answers are Yes,
No or In Progress.

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